Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-26
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE STRIKE UNDER WAY. sixty-FNe Thousand Men @95ss s'% Quit. -..s t. NOT "A FREIGHT TRAIN MOVING. Strikers Set Up A Factory
 Themselves. TURKEY IN A VERY BAD WAY. The Wildcat Raft Sighted
 At Sea.
TURKEY IN A VERY BAD WAY.
FHE READING RAILROAD SYSTEM

THE READING RAILROAD SYSTEM Not a Freight Car Moving and Sixty Five Thousand Men Quit Their Duties Almost SimuIran< OusIY. PHILADELPA1A, Dec. 25.-As was foreshad-
 owed on Friday night the order has gone
 forth all along the line of. the Reading rail-
 road system and the greatest strike in the
 history of Pennsylvania with the exception
 of 1877, has been iraugurated. The order
 calls from work all Knights of Labor, ex-
 cept those in the passenger service of the
 road It ties up all freight trains and stops
 all coal trains. It calls the workmen from
 the mines; it calls out sixty-6ve thousand
 men. To the strike in the Lehigh valley
 will be added all the mines of the vast an
 thracite region of the Reading railroad. It
 paralyzes the coal industry of the East in the
 dead of winter, and unless halt is called
 the greatest suffering must ensue. This or
 der was issued by the convention of the
 Reading railroad employees, District assem-
 ply No. 224, held afternoon in Mutual
 Hall, at Richmond and NeH streets. The
 only exceptions made were the passenger,
 mail service and the employees whose strike
 would jeopardize life and property. As soon
 as the convention, after grave deliberation,
 decided to order the general strike, telegrams
 were sent to all points along the line to that
 effect, and committees were sent to Willow
 street wharf, to the stations at Third and
 Berks streets, Bond and Callowhill, Ninth
 and Green streets, and out on the main line
 to order every Knight of Labor to quit work.
 The ultilnatum was reached at about 4 p. m.,
 and by o'clock all the freight business of
 companies in this city was suspended def-
 nitely and as soon as word was received along the route every freight on the system
 was at standstill and passenger trains only
 were left running.
 The following notice was issued last night signed by General Manager Mcleod of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad:
 Work will be resumed Tuesday morning, Decem- Der 27, at the Port richmond yard. Employes will men as do not report will be filled by others The discharged for disobedence of orders Tn re- fusng the trains to their places of destina- will be permitted to enter the service of the company in any capacity.
 READING, Pa, Dec. 25.-Over $500 load ed coal cars made up into fifty three trains. passed through Reading from the Sch uylkill region for Port Richmond and other points south of this city last Sunday, but to-day not single car was moved and the coal trade is practically dead. During the fore- noon one hundred railroaders whose trains were run on sidings north and south of this city passed through Reading bound for their homes which are mostly in the coal regions. The orders to strike were received early this morning and far as the railroad crews concerned were promptly obeyed. Gen eral Manager Mcleod immediately tel egraphed orders that every engine attached to trains lying on sidings should be housed and guarded, and this was promptly done. the engines being run to Reading. Potts town and other points: The company em- ploys at it's shops in this city about two men, but they will not go out and they claim that they are not included in the order of the Knights to strike. The leaders in this city expect such an order very soon, however, so as to more efectually cripple the company. A meeting of the railroaders' assembly was held here to-day, and while no definite action was taken, the prevailing sentiment was in favor of standing by the strikers. Agents of the Reading company to-day actively canvassed this sec tion for men to fill the places of the strikers and enable them to resume the movement of trains on Tuesday morning. Master Work man. Hawman of this city to day sent tele- grams notifying all assemblies of the decis- ion to strike.
 SHAMoKIN, Pa., Dec. 25.-AIl coal and freight trains on the Mahanoy and Shamokin division of the Reading road have been stop- ped and the strikers are firm in their deter imitation to move no traffic. Owing to the Christmas holidays there is little or no coal at the mines. The general opinion in this region is that the strike in the Lehigh and this one will be adjusted 1n the course or several weeks. The support now being given to the Lehigh men will necessarily be stop ped.
 NoRRIsTowN, Pa., Dec. 25.-Eight freight and coal train crews abandoned their trains between this place and Conshohocken last night. The men took their engines to Read- ing. All the side tracks in the vicinity of are occupied by trains from which the engines have been uncoupled. One train passed up the road this afternoon in charge of non-union crew. One hundred men in Bridgeport are out. Local assembly No. g, ,94l held a meeting at that place to day and received the final word from the headaoficers to strike. The Bridgeport shifting engines have been in charge of non-union men, who will continue st their posts.
 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.-Everything was quiet at Port Richmond to-day. The prom ised convention of representatives of local was not held, further action by the Knights of Labor being considered at present unnecessary. A train of cars was run from Belmont without trouble. To morrow morning the Reading company in tend sending out three trains, one from each of their stations, and at the request of the officials of the road squad of police will be sent to each of the points, but the authori- ties do not anticipate riotous demonstrations. Ths strikers are quiet and orderly.